Or maybe you are over thinking it.
It was a humorous response, Which speaks to Jobs sense of humor in reponding with no comment. And it's a hell of a sound byte, which is good for marketing which will make people think of apple in a positive light. Then they will want to have a beer with steve and then they will want to buy his stuff 'cause, hell, they would have a beer with him. And maybe you wouldn't make CEO simply because telling someone "to mind their own fucking business" lacks creativity, sponitnaity and a certain. . . I don't know. . . something.
or maybe I'm just over thinking the whole thing.
But it is SOOO much easier to blame software. Software doesn't get all depressed when you say it sucks. Crappy developers, on the other hand, might bring a gun to work tomorrow. So to be on the safe side, I always blame the technology.
It's a matter of vector v bitmap in development. But if I remember correctly.swf's use jpeg compression. Either way the use of vector art makes for a cleaner end product.
The other point of matter is Flash is a tool for creative output on the web. You called it "eye candy." You are correct. What you should consider is theat the majority of users consider the web to be an interactive television. They are looking for media but not neccessarily information.
I am actually quite impressed with Flash's ability to handle dynamic content. It makes building slide shows and galleries almost drag and drop. Yes this can be done with javascript, CSS, a serverside scripting language and DHTML. And 5 years later when I've figured all of that stuff out I still have to hack stylesheets to work with non-compliant browsers. I look back and say to myself, "this is a buttload of work. I should have just stuck to flash."
And the drawing API built into Flash is prety damn cool (scribble a design onto a t-shirt template and have it shipped to you.)
So the answer is it streamlines the production of media across a wide variety of fickle non-disabled browsers. And it entertains those that use the internet for entertainment. And it shows media in a way that other formats just fall short. And it's blatently interactive.
All that being said...most of the flash on the internet is absolute crap.
Ah. . . to live in the nineties again. What I wouldn't give. Quite frankly Venture Capital isn't entirely reliable or as adventurous as it was 10 years ago. Living with family or on government assistance (those of you who got laid off and went back to school to take out student loans qualify here) became a reality for a significant quantity of the workforce.
The trick is to develop smaller projects to pay for ramen and the bills while your brainchild works it's way to beta. Eventually you will either make millions on your IPO or release an antiquated Rube Goldberg. Either way you don't owe nothin' to no body. Meanwhile I'm looking for a cardboard box that houses 3. Anyone purchased a Fridge lately?
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Or maybe you are over thinking it. It was a humorous response, Which speaks to Jobs sense of humor in reponding with no comment. And it's a hell of a sound byte, which is good for marketing which will make people think of apple in a positive light. Then they will want to have a beer with steve and then they will want to buy his stuff 'cause, hell, they would have a beer with him. And maybe you wouldn't make CEO simply because telling someone "to mind their own fucking business" lacks creativity, sponitnaity and a certain. . . I don't know. . . something. or maybe I'm just over thinking the whole thing.
But it is SOOO much easier to blame software. Software doesn't get all depressed when you say it sucks. Crappy developers, on the other hand, might bring a gun to work tomorrow. So to be on the safe side, I always blame the technology.
It's a matter of vector v bitmap in development. But if I remember correctly .swf's use jpeg compression. Either way the use of vector art makes for a cleaner end product.
The other point of matter is Flash is a tool for creative output on the web. You called it "eye candy." You are correct. What you should consider is theat the majority of users consider the web to be an interactive television. They are looking for media but not neccessarily information.
I am actually quite impressed with Flash's ability to handle dynamic content. It makes building slide shows and galleries almost drag and drop. Yes this can be done with javascript, CSS, a serverside scripting language and DHTML. And 5 years later when I've figured all of that stuff out I still have to hack stylesheets to work with non-compliant browsers. I look back and say to myself, "this is a buttload of work. I should have just stuck to flash."
And the drawing API built into Flash is prety damn cool (scribble a design onto a t-shirt template and have it shipped to you.)
So the answer is it streamlines the production of media across a wide variety of fickle non-disabled browsers. And it entertains those that use the internet for entertainment. And it shows media in a way that other formats just fall short. And it's blatently interactive.
All that being said...most of the flash on the internet is absolute crap.
(creative speling at work)
Ah. . . to live in the nineties again. What I wouldn't give. Quite frankly Venture Capital isn't entirely reliable or as adventurous as it was 10 years ago. Living with family or on government assistance (those of you who got laid off and went back to school to take out student loans qualify here) became a reality for a significant quantity of the workforce.
The trick is to develop smaller projects to pay for ramen and the bills while your brainchild works it's way to beta. Eventually you will either make millions on your IPO or release an antiquated Rube Goldberg. Either way you don't owe nothin' to no body. Meanwhile I'm looking for a cardboard box that houses 3. Anyone purchased a Fridge lately?